Zero 88 FLX Lighting Console
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User Manual
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Cues & Playbacks
Lighting “states” (or “scenes”) can be pre
-recorded, ready
to be recalled later. They are called “cues”, and are
recorded onto “playbacks”.
Playbacks
Each playback can store a single cue, or multiple cues.
The FLX Lighting Console has 241 playbacks, and can
store a total of 10,000 cues.
Traditionally, playbacks with a single cue have often been
referred to as “submasters” whereas playbacks with
multiple cues have often been referred to as “cue stacks”.
This manual will simply call them playbacks.
The button below the fades are “Go” buttons when in
playback mode.
Once you have set up a scene that you like, you can then
record that onto a cue. Cues can be recorded into any of
the 240 playbacks, or the
“
Master Playback
”
. When dealing
with cues, we suggest viewing the “Programmers” desktop.
If you do not have an external monitor, the two windows
discussed below will appear on the internal monitor when
you press View .
Pressing View again will switch between the two
windows.
Master Playback
For many shows, especially theatrical, a single playback is
often used with a long list of pre-recorded cues. For these
situations
, an additional “Master Playback” is provided
.
There’s nothing special or different about the Master
Playback compared to the other playbacks, apart from the
double-width
►
(play/go) button, and a dedicated
▌▌
(pause) button for convenience. The Master is described
as “Playback 0” within the ZerOS software.
Multi-Function fader window
The Multi-Function Fader window shows the current status
of the 24 built-in faders.
When the MFF faders are set to channels, this window
displays the Channel’s number, name
and current
intensity. Pressing one of the buttons selects / deselects
that channel.
When the MFF faders are set to Playbacks, this window
displays the Playback’s number, name, current intensity,
current & next cue and the playback raise (u) & lower (d)
time. By default, pressing one of the buttons will open the
Playback’s Settings window for quick access. However this
functionality can be changed in
Setup
>
System Settings
to match the physical button of the playback (Flash, Solo,
Go, Tap Tempo etc), or alternatively to act as an on-screen
fader. This allows playbacks to be controlled on a touch
screen or tablet when viewing this window.
Playback window
The Playback window shows all the cues within a single
playback, with each cue being a different row. The
columns show the various fade times and settings for each
of those cues.
To change which playback you’re viewing, hold
View and
tap the Go button of the playback you wish to view
–
this
could be any of the 24 MFFs, or the Master Go button.
This will now display this playback in the Playback
Window.
Naming playbacks
Playbacks that have cues recorded into them can be
named. Empty playbacks cannot be named. These names
appear in the Multi-Function Faders window. To name a
playback, press the Name button and then select the
playback you wish to name using the buttons under the
faders.
Copying playbacks
To copy one playback to another playback, press
the Copy button, press
Playback
and then type the
number of the playback you wish to copy in the “from” field,
and the number of the playback you wish to copy it to in
the “to” field. Pressing either Down or Enter will move to
the next field (or alternatively, just touch the field you wish
to type in). Instead of pressing
Playback
and typing the
playback number, you can also select the playback using
the Playback button. This will automatically move onto the
next field. So, any of the following syntax will work:
…
Copy
Playback
5 Enter 10 Enter
…
…
Copy Playback button 5 Playback button 10
…
…
Copy
Playback
5 Down 10
OK
…
Deleting playbacks
To delete a playback (and all the cues within that
playback), press the Delete button, and then select the
playback you wish to delete using the buttons under the
faders. A popup will appear to confirm this action. Deleting
Playbacks cannot be undone.
